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To Redefine War in Indian Context is Mandatory
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

In 1942 Quincy Wright wrote in A Study of War, that to different people war may have different meanings. While Brittanica Encyclopaedia states that war, in the popular sense, is a conflict between political groups involving hostilities of cons....

June 24, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , India , China , Conflict , PLA , Ladakh , Kargil , NCW , Russia Ukraine war , Clausewitz
Major Shift in India’s Counter-Terrorism Policy Over the Last 10 Years: A Layman Understanding
Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Although terrorism has yet to find a universally acceptable definition and continues to be contexed with insurgency and militancy, we in India go by a generic description. Terror is associated with acts of unbridled violence against established autho....

June 21, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , democracy , infiltration , Indian Army , J&K , elections , Over Ground Workers , Counter terrorism , Counter Insurgency , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , JKP , Multi Agency Centre , State MAC
Combat Casualty Management is a Low-Cost Force Multiplier: Lessons from Ukraine War
Air Vice Marshal A. Agarwal, VSM Article

Executive Summary
The idea of war with an advanced adversary, or worse, a two front war is daunting, needing every bit of ingenuity that one can muster. Force multipliers are one such, employed to overcome the difficulties against a numer....

June 20, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , morale , Russia Ukraine war , Change in battlefield , Combat casualty management , Force multiplier , Medical care
Defence Exports – An Adjunct to India’s Foreign Policy
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF

The Term
In general, the term ‘defence exports’ imply transfer of lethal weaponry and warlike equipment to another country under various parameters of mutual understanding and terms of exchange. Export of defence hardware is an adjunc....

June 07, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Defence technology , Defence modernisation , Defence Exports , iDEX , Positive Indigenisation List , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Defence diplomacy , Akash air defence system , BrahMos cruise missile , Pinaka Multiple Launch Rocket System , Tejas Light Combat Aircraft
India’s Growing Defence Exports - Charting the Future
Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

For a country that has long had the unenvious distinction of being the largest global arms importer, the narrative of `growing – arms exports’ is in itself a paradigm shift. It is with pride that the Raksha Mantri (Defence Minister) recen....

June 06, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , boosting defence exports , India arms exports , Growth of arms exports , Arms exports
Hellfire from the Heavens – A Perspective on Contemporary Aerial Strikes
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Punitive response with the employment of air power is nothing new, and goes back to the British ‘watch and ward’ missions that the Indian Air Force undertook with the Royal Air Force in 1937, towards policing the recalcitrant tribes of Waziristan....

June 04, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Missiles , Iron Dome , Ukraine , Gaza , GPS , Air Power , Hamas , Drones , VKS , rockets , Electronic warfare , Katyusha rockets
Defence Corridor and Entrepreneurship in VUCA Times
Prof (Dr) Manoj Joshi Commentary

Overview
The big question is in these turbulent times, how can India's Defence Corridor strengthen national security while acting as a center of entrepreneurial innovation? Let us discover! In the dynamic landscape of VUCA (Vola....

June 03, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , UP , Made in India , MSMEs , R&D , Defence Industrial Corridors , Tamilnadu , VUCA
Evolution of India’s Maritime Diplomacy Over the Last Ten Years
Vice Admiral Satish Soni (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, NM, ADC

On the occasion of commissioning of the Mauritian Naval Ship Barracuda, built by M/s Garden Reach Shipbuilders Kolkata, for the Mauritian National Coast Guard, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 12 March 2015, made a commitment to the Indian Ocean litto....

May 30, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Indian Navy , COVID-19 , HADR , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Maritime Diplomacy , first responder , SAR , Operational Deployments , Capacity & Capability Building , Preferred Security Partner
Changes in India’s Defence Technology Development Policies Over the Decade
Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF

“A renaissance is imperative for us to once again become a knowledge superpower rather than simply providing cheap labour in areas of high technology.” Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

Introduction
Over the last decade,....

May 29, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , DRDO , Defence technology , DTTI , iDEX , iCET , DISC , Innovators , INDUS-X , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Critical and Emerging Technologies , DIO , Incubators , IMPACT , Investors , Technology Development Fund (TDF)
The Changing Nature of Warfare: Lessons for India
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

The Russia-Ukraine war and the war in Gaza provide several pointers to how the nature of warfare is changing. Indian strategic thinkers need to carefully study these wars and imbibe the lessons. Indian armed forces are in the process of being reorgan....

May 24, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Article , Israel , India , Iran , Air defence , Lessons , Drones , doctrine , Long wars , nuclear doctrine Ukraine war
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